Migration increase of Russia's population by year

61,9 thousand persons, 2022 −505,8 to 2021

Difference between the number of people who arrived in Russia and those who left it in a year, in thousands of persons. Moves between regions within the country are not included: they change regional populations but not the country's. Together with natural increase, migration determines whether the population grows or declines.

61,9

now, 2022

−505,8

year-on-year, from 2021 (−89,1%)

653,7

maximum of row, 1995

61,9

minimum of row, 2022

Since the early 2010s natural increase in Russia has been negative almost every year, and the total population is maintained or falls depending on migration: when inflow offsets outflow, the population grows.

Data for 2011–2021 are taken from the Demographic Yearbook of Russia: there the migration increase was recalculated after the 2020 census. In Rosstat’s summary table “Components of population change” these years remained unadjusted and are noticeably lower, so rows from the two tables for these years are not mixed.

There are no values for 2014: that year Crimea and Sevastopol were incorporated into the accounts, and Rosstat does not provide annual changes. Data from 2022 onward are given without accounting for the DPR, LPR, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson regions.

Table by year

Period	thousand persons	Change
1990	275,0
1995	653,7	+378,7
1996	513,5	−140,2
1997	514,1	+0,6
1998	428,8	−85,3
1999	269,5	−159,3
2000	362,6	+93,1
2001	278,5	−84,1
2002	230,8	−47,7
2003	258,5	+27,7
2004	260,4	+1,9
2005	282,1	+21,7
2006	313,2	+31,1
2007	355,1	+41,9
2008	351,7	−3,4
2009	345,2	−6,5
2010	271,5	−73,7
2011	434,6	+163,1
2012	419,2	−15,4
2013	415,4	−3,8
2015	406,3	−9,1
2016	400,0	−6,3
2017	352,9	−47,1
2018	268,2	−84,7
2019	435,8	+167,6
2020	198,5	−237,3
2021	567,7	+369,2
2022	61,9	−505,8

Frequently Asked Questions

What is migration increase of the population?

It is the difference between the number of people who arrived in the country for permanent residence and the number who left it in a year. If arrivals exceed departures, the increase is positive; if departures exceed arrivals, it is a migration decline.

How does migration increase differ from natural increase?

Natural increase is the difference between births and deaths. Migration increase is the difference between arrivals and departures. The sum of the two gives the total population change for the year.

Are moves between regions taken into account?

No. Relocation from one region to another changes the populations of those regions but not the country's total population, so it is not included in Russia's migration increase.

Sources

1.2. КОМПОНЕНТЫ ИЗМЕНЕНИЯ ОБЩЕЙ ЧИСЛЕННОСТИ НАСЕЛЕНИЯ